People only recently began to talk about the virus on social media - at least in my circles. I imagine your relatives also just recently began to stay and eat a

People only recently began to talk about the virus on social media - at least in my circles. I imagine your relatives also just recently began to stay and eat at home as much as possible, and probably didn't pay too much attention to wearing proper disposable masks, using hand sanitizers whenever possible, keeping distance from people coughing or showing fever symptoms, etc. It's also just a few days ago the government began sending doctors and nurses to Wuhan en masse, despite the fact that the medical workers in Wuhan have been completely overwhelmed, and that we've known about the virus for over a month. It's also very few people who realize the severity; many still go to crowded places and don't wear proper protection. Several friends have reached out to me for videos (some of which are shadowbanned on WeChat) and news since the amount of information shared is heavily censored in China. Even had a Tsinghua friend refer to some of the videos I posted as 'fake news'. You also have Tsai Ing-wen asking China to share truthful information about the virus and for WHO not to exclude Taiwan from collaboration on the outbreak for political reasons. It's just now that people are beginning to realize the severity of the situation. In Bangkok the hospitals (at least one of those a nurse I know is working at) are checking everyone before they're allowed to enter the hospital.